Overview

The New South Wales (NSW) Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) collaborated with researchers from Charles Sturt University to complete a social research project that identified key drivers and barriers to participation in syndromic surveillance.

The recommendations from this project will help NSW DPIRD decide whether to develop a syndromic surveillance platform. This would aim to allow for earlier detection of new and emergency diseases.

Overview

Phase 1 of this project described how VR could be used to create cost-effective and expandable training applications for animal handling and biosecurity. Based on the results of phase 1, and improvements in technology, a second phase was commissioned.

Phase 2 involved trialling an updated VR experience that operates on the Meta Quest 2 headset (formerly known as the Oculus Quest 2).

This project is complete and the reports are available on the department’s website.

Project Lead: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Overview

This project aimed to improve the understanding of the transmission pathways and biosecurity priorities for reducing AMR risks in livestock enterprises in Australia.

The project provided livestock producers with a framework to assess the risk of AMR transmission into, within, or out of, their enterprises. It allows them to make informed changes to reduce the risk of spread of AMR and improve biosecurity.

Project Lead: Coombe Consulting

Overview

This project repeated an AMR survey in the Australian pig industry. The survey has provided data to compare to previous surveys for monitoring and quality assurance purposes.

Project Lead: Australian Pork

Project Contact: raymond.chia@australianpork.com.au

Project Status: Complete

Objective alignment:

• 4 – Manage the risk of antimicrobial resistance.

Activity alignment:

3 June 2025

Who does this notice affect?

Food importers and brokers acting on behalf of food importers.

What is changing?

From 14 June 2025 the food safety requirements that apply to food imported for sale into Australia will be incorporated into the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).

02 June 2025

Who does this notice affect?

Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who will be required to book and manage requests for import inspections using the Biosecurity Portal during this planned outage.

Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view and/or update details of their Approved Arrangement via the Approve Arrangement Management Product (AAMP).

03 June 2025

Who does this notice affect?

Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who are required to book and manage requests for inspections through the Biosecurity Portal.

Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view and/or update details of their Approved Arrangement via the Approved Arrangement Management Product (AAMP).

03 June 2025

Who does this notice affect?

All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System during this planned maintenance period.

Information

Due to scheduled system maintenance, the Post Entry Biosecurity System (PEBS) will be unavailable from 23:00 Wednesday 04 June to 00:00 Thursday 05 June 2025 (AEST).

Action

Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.

03 June 2025

Who does this notice affect?

All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) website to submit applications or make payments.

Information

Restored time:

As of 10:05 Tuesday 03 June 2025 (AEST).

Detail:

Clients may have experienced difficulty submitting/paying for permit applications from 01:20 Saturday 01 June 2025 (AEST) to 10:05 Tuesday 03 June 2025 (AEST).